Loch Fyne Whiskies Stocks ‘New Glengoyne Range’
Glengoyne have launched a whole new range which can be viewed by cliking on the link below;
Loch Fyne Whiskies
GLEN GARIOCH LAUNCH SINGLE CASK WITH MILROY’S OF SOHO
Rare 33-year-old malt hits shelves of boutique London stores
Glen Garioch, the hidden Highland gem of the whisky world, has teamed up with London’s oldest whisky specialist, Milroy’s of Soho to launch an exclusive single malt for whisky enthusiasts at Milroy’s of Soho and Jeroboams eight wine shops.
Staff from Milroy’s of Soho hand-picked a rare 33-year-old Glen Garioch after visiting Scotland’s most easterly distillery earlier in June this year, it will now be a select addition to the retailer’s extensive single cask malt collection.
The retailer launched the single cask collection at a very special tasting event at its flagship store in Soho earlier this month. Enthusiasts at the event were also treated to a tasting of “the rare pair” that is Glen Garioch accompanied by cheese.
Just 146 bottles of the Milroy’s of Soho Cask 10999, retailing at £300 will be exclusively available from Milroy’s of Soho London stores, making it undoubtedly a must-have inclusion for any malt enthusiast.
Filled in November 1978, the Glen Garioch vintage malt has been quietly maturing for 33 years in a North American oak cask at the Aberdeenshire distillery. The light fruity notes of pear eau de vie, melon candy and ripe banana proved a huge draw for Milroy’s staff, which fused with traces of wood-smoke, leaves a gentle heather honey finish.
Cara Laing, Glen Garioch’s marketing manager, said, “Milroy’s of Soho is renowned for its discerning selection of whiskies, with an especially large range of scarce bottlings, so we’re privileged that their team has picked such an elegant yet robust aged malt.
“The team at Milroy’s hand-picked a wonderful vintage which has been slowly maturing over 33 years to reveal the true essence of Glen Garioch’s couthie Highland spirit. Filled with fruity notes combined with sweet honey tones gives this dram a lovely clean finish, which I’m sure will be a joy to taste for any whisky aficionado.”
Isabel Graham-Yooll, Associate Director at Milroy’s of Soho said: “When we went to Glen Garioch in search of a very special bottling, we were looking for a whisky we could present to our very knowledgeable and discerning customers. We were there to find something remarkable and supremely elegant – something that would reveal new extraordinary flavours on each sip and reward lengthy contemplation. We found this in the Glen Garioch 1978 and we are delighted.”
The single cask has yielded just 146 bottles with an ABV of 58.8%.
The bottle is presented in an attractive buckram box, with each bottle individually numbered and a discreet message from the distillery manager who hand-crafted this prestigious malt within the box.
NOTES –
Glen Garioch, pronounced Glen Geery, founded in 1797 is one of the oldest remaining distilleries in Scotland The distillery lies on rising ground at the picturesque town of Oldmeldrum, just 17 miles north-west of Aberdeen Glen Garioch was relaunched in October 2010 with a core range of two single malt whiskies – the Glen Garioch 1797 Founder’s Reserve, a non chill-filtered single malt bottled at 48% ABV and the Glen Garioch 12 Year Old, non chill-filtered single malt bottled at 48% ABV after maturing in bourbon and sherry casks.
Glen Garioch is owned by the Morrison Bowmore Distillers Limited who also produce Bowmore and Auchentoshan Glen Garioch is distributed by Cellar Trends in the UK, tel: 01283 217 703.
Free Tastings of Virginia Highland Malt in DC
For our DC/NOVA friends, we’re going to offer multiple tastings for you to try our new Virginia Highland Single Malt at multiple DC locations:
Thursday 6-7:00 pm Sherry’s Wine and Spirits (2627 CT Ave. NW)
Friday 5:30-7:30 pm at Batch 13 (Logan Circle)
Saturday 2:00 – 4:00pm A.M. Wine (Adams Morgan)
7:00-9:00 pm at Lion Liquor (3614 GA Ave.NW)
Hope you’ll tell your friends and pick up a bottle for Thanksgiving! See you there. You can really help by sharing this event on Facebook and Twitter…We appreciate the support.
Pat Jones
Virginia Distillery Company
“As the makers of The Famous Grouse we bring over 100 years of whisky making to the creation of The Naked Grouse. We have enriched the best loved flavours of Scotland’s Favourite Whisky by maturing our blend in hard to find (and pricey!) sun dried sherry oak casks. Distinctively sweet, rich and, some would say, famously smooth – The Naked Grouse is simply pure indulgence in a bottle.” From www.thefamousgrouse.com (which is just a maddenig site -WI)
On the nose there is a heaviness with lots of dried dark fruits and are often associated with Christmas cake as well as some good malt notes. This is not overly complex but the collective aromas are very good. There is also quite a bit of sherry on the nose also which adds to the aromas. The taste is a little gentle at first (soft) with some good richness and lots of the dried fruit and then some really sharp oak notes appear along with cedar (clean and fragrant). The finish is big, sherried (quite sherried) and then the dry wood notes take over but they are complimented by the sherry so they both pull together very well. The dryness from the cask(s) is complimented, late in the finish, by some good malt.
Quite enjoyable.
£26.99
Score 86 points
The Rare Casks by Abbey Whisky
The Rare Casks, an exceptional range of limited edition single malt whiskies bottled exclusively by Abbey Whisky. We’ve bottled only the finest whisky from a selection of Scotland’s greatest distilleries past & present. Each release is available in very limited quantities. The whisky has been bottled in its natural form, at full cask strength, without chill filtering or colour additives.
Caperdonich 17 Year Old / Vintage 1995 – 96 Bottles
The 1st release in ‘The Rare Casks’ series by Abbey Whisky is this magnificent Caperdonich 17 year old single malt Scotch whisky. This limited edition release was distilled in 1995 and left to rest for 17 years before being bottled in 2012 with only 96 bottles filled.
Bottled in its natural form, at full cask strength, without chill filtering or colour additives.
£59.50
(£49.58 ex vat)
Click here to buy Caperdonich 17 Year Old / The Rare Casks
Abbey Whisky
enquiries@abbeywhisky.com
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0800 051 7737
Whisky Ramblings Via Video #26
Mark Dermul, Belgian Whiskyblogger, tries two Highland Park 1998 independent bottlings head to head. Find out how similar they can be!
Loch Fyne Whiskies Stocks ‘New in stock: Port Charlotte 10yo 46%’
46% abv
£36.90 inc vat
£30.75 ex vat
…’In the gob; the peat dominates’…
Loch Fyne Whiskies
THE WHISKY SHOP SET TO LAUNCH FLAGSHIP LONDON STORE
The Whisky Shop is set to launch its flagship store in London’s Piccadilly on 22 November 2012.
The new store, situated across from The Ritz, is aiming to take high street whisky retailing to a new level by offering customers a new and unrivalled experience.
The ambitious project is supported in store by world class displays from Pernod Ricard and Whyte & Mackay and brings the number of Whisky Shops in the UK to 21.
Andrew Torrance, Managing Director of The Whisky Shop, said: “This is a very exciting development and we believe that whisky deserves to have this platform. We want to offer customers a very different retailing experience that is both accessible and can serve the needs of the most discerning whisky customer.
“The new store reflects the continuing success story of whisky and will combine prestigious and super premium whisky offerings with the high service standards that customers have come to expect from The Whisky Shop.”
The flagship Piccadilly store will include a vast whisky library stocking over 400 whiskies as well as an information bar using iPad technology to lead the customer through their whisky journey and to help with their understanding of Scotch.
The store will also offer some of the most exclusive whiskies in the world including Royal Salute, ‘Tribute to Honour’, one of the most opulent and rarest of blends in the world of which there are only 21 bottles. Priced at £150,000, the whisky is presented in a spectacular bejewelled bottle, embellished by royal jeweller Garrard in flawless diamonds and shimmering gold.
The Dalmore Constellation Collection, priced at £158,000, consists of 21 individual expressions of some of the world’s rarest single malts created at the Highland Distillery between the years 1964 and 1992.
The expressions have spent their lives finessing in the finest casks from across the globe before being bottled at natural cask strength and at natural colour.
Simon van Moppes, Commercial Director at Pernod Ricard UK, said: “We are very pleased to be associated with The Whisky Shop and the new opening at 70 Piccadilly. We believe strongly that our partnership with The Whisky Shop will provide an unrivalled retail experience where consumers can really engage with whisky in the heart of the Capital. Premium whisky is enjoying growth and this is the perfect environment to showcase our brands like Chivas, The Glenlivet and Royal Salute.”
David Brown, Whyte & Mackay Sales Director, commented: “The Piccadilly store will be a must visit destination for all whisky lovers. Everything from the store layout to the consumer interaction provided by the knowledgeable staff and interactive tasting displays, really sets a high standard for whisky retailing.” The Whisky Shop’s flagship store is located at 70 Piccadilly, London and can be contacted on 0141 427 2977 or andrew@whiskyshop.com
Kuchh Nai NAS (40%, OB, ++/2011)
Kuchh Nai’s unique flavour, its name gives it considerable added value in an Indian context. The deliberate pun in Kuchh Nai, which means “Nothing” in English, will generate a smile at least, bringing humour to the image of whisky drinking.
Kuchh Nai Scotch Whisky carries a deep amber appearance, with elements of mahogany lights.
Kuchh Nai’s full bodied aroma, blended with sweet Highland heather influences, lingers long on the palate, instantly displaying the whisky’s fine heritage to the most discerning Scotch enthusiast In its purest form its nose is rich and rounded with good whisky identity and well-integrated aromatics. A trace of peat -smoke is evident, suggesting that Islay malt has been used in the blend. When water is added to this finer blend, this opens up the aromas, bringing out the fruity, eastern character and developing an attractive freshness.
The taste is smooth and viscous, full and rich. The primary taste is sweet, with a hint of smoke in the finish. Connoisseurs have described the finish of this fine whisky as lengthy.
The traditional hospitality generously offered to visitors in India is enhanced with an extra dimension of humour with the serving of Kuchh Nai, given the significance of the name in the traditional welcome;
“Ki Pivon Ge? Kuchh Nai”, which translates as “What would you like to drink? Kuchh Nai (Nothing)”.
In summary Kuchh Nai is a first rate whisky in the deluxe category. Its richness is described as “old-fashioned”, a rare quality, which has been blended out of most premium blends of today.
In language terms the words Kuchh Nai mean “nothing”, in whisky terms ” everything” may be a more befitting description.
All the above from thei website www.kuchhnai.com
A blended scotch whisky which has, on the nose, some pepper, vibrant grain and some well-defined grain whiskies that smooth out after some time and becomes sweeter with espresso grounds. Not overly complicated but it is quite good, unsurprisingly it noses like a blended scotch whisky. The taste is more of the grains with a good dollop of malt in there for character as well has some good heft from some where and then some really very good lemon curd sweetness as well as an astonishing flash of creamed corn. The finish is also quite hefty and active with some good malt and the lemon curd all of which contribute to a lengthy and active finish. A late arrival of some hesitant diesel notes.
This presents as a young Scottish blend well assembled and while it’s not overly complex it is a good dram with a decent (so it would appear) malt content. This is certainly a good cold weather dram but it will certainly freak out the malt heads because this is undiscovered country for them. There’s a charming sweetness as well as some vibrancy and it works.
For $26 you cannot go wrong.
80 points
Greetings Bourbon Enthusiasts,
Join Bourbon Women and Woodford Reserve for a special event November 15, 2012 at 5:30 pm at The Party Source. The night will feature specialty cocktails from Woodford Reserve, an exclusive tasting featuring some of Woodford´s finest bottles, delicious appetizers provided by The Party Source and much more.
Attendees will also receive a $25 gift card and a 10% discount on spirits to stock your shelves for this holiday season. The event is free to members and $25 for non-members. As a BW member, you will enjoy exclusive member-only events and discounts to bourbon events and specials. Members also enjoy e-blasts filled with industry information, a free online subscription to the Bourbon Review and a discount to Whisky Magazine. Bourbon Women is one of the fastest growing groups in the area.
To sign up for this event, please visit Bourbon Women’s Event page at the following link.
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